1Several figures who either witnessed or were involved in planning President John F. Kennedy’s Dallas tour in 1963 dismissed sev- eral Kennedy assassina- tion conspiracy theories on campus Tuesday. The Lyndon B. Johnson Library hosted the discus- sion in light of the upcom- ing 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death, which oc- curred Nov. 22, 1963. Larry Temple, then an aide to then-Texas Gov- ernor John Connally, said he wanted to debunk sev- eral conspiracy theories that have developed over the past 50 years. According to Temple, Kennedy was not in Dallas to settle divisions within the Democratic party, despite myths which say otherwise. “The trip was politi- cal, there’s no doubt about that,” Temple said. “One, for fundraising, and two, to get around the state so the president could use it as a base for the 1964 election campaign.” Ben Barnes, a state rep- resentative at the time, said pundits mistakenly asserted Kennedy considered taking Johnson off the vice presi- dential ballot. But without Johnson, Kennedy could not win Texas, a key state to winning the next election. Barnes also said Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot Kennedy and Connally, obtained a job at a book depository sev- eral weeks before the pa- rade, and the parade route was changed to pass near Oswald’s workplace. The Wednesday, October 30, 2013@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidCOMICS PAGE 7LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8SPORTS PAGE 6For international students, pumpkin carving is a treat. PAGE 3Professors explore the causes of fear. PAGE 3NEWSTowns like West need permanent solutions. PAGE 4Distinguish between ‘sexy’ and ‘sexualized’ costumes. PAGE 4OPINIONRobinson’s run defense continues to improve. PAGE 6Senior setter adjusting to backup role at Texas. PAGE 6SPORTSLocal artist inspired by comic books. PAGE 8Notetaking app is helpful for students. PAGE 8LIFE&ARTSStill haven’t seen the foot- ball game against TCU? Check out staff photos from Saturday. dailytexanonline.comONLINEREASON TO PARTYPAGE 7CAMPUSCasting decision creates concernsUNIVERSITYDell Medical to finalize plans, begin constructionBy Christina Breitbeil@christinabreitBy Anthony Green@AnthonyGrreenFaculty members and students of the College of Fine Arts met Tuesday to address concerns surround- ing the casting of perform- ers from outside the Uni- versity for the department’s upcoming musical. The department decided to contract guest performers of color for “In the Heights” because most of the charac- ters are Dominican-Amer- ican, and faculty members were concerned there were not enough students from appropriate ethnic back- grounds to fill the roles. “A week after auditions, we received an email from the head of our department that explained why they ultimate- ly decided to cast outside professionals for nine out of the 12 lead roles in the show,” theatre and dance sopho- more Ursula Walker said. Faculty members in the department said they felt the limited number of students of color in the department put restrictions on casting choices, and said not all of those students met audition standards. Of the 1,271 undergradu- ates in the College of Fine Arts, 39.8 percent identify as an ethnicity other than “white only,” according to data provided by the Office of Information Manage- ment and Analysis. Walker said she feels the decision to utilize out- side talent does not take Debby Garcia / Daily Texan StaffTheatre department faculty hold a Q-and-A panel among the- atre students at the Winship building on Tuesday evening. MUSICAL page 2EVENT PREVIEWRoller derby promises to entertain, exciteThe Dell Medical School is in the final stages of design and planning, and construc- tion of the first set of facili- ties for the medical district is set to begin on schedule in a few months. The devel- opment of the medical cur- riculum and the search for a dean and other faculty mem- bers are in an ongoing state of evolution. An open forum, which took place Tuesday in the Student Activities Center, featured discussion among panelists regarding the cur- rent state and future of the Dell Medical School. The panelists included administrative faculty from Dell Medical School and UT, along with representatives from Seton Healthcare, the American Heart Association and the president and CEO of Central Health. According to a study by TXP Inc., an Austin con- sulting firm that specializes in economic analysis, the school will bring in an esti- mated 15,000 additional jobs and $2 billion in economic activity each year. UT spokeswoman Tara Doolittle said the event was an opportunity to update the public on the work happen- ing to create the new school. “We are approaching the first anniversary of the suc- cessful passage of Proposi- tion 1, which allowed Central Health to dedicate a portion of their tax revenue to health care initiatives related to the DELL page 2By Claire Gordon@clairegordon9Charlie Pearce / Daily Texan StaffJammer Erika Alexander participates in a practice skate for a mash-up exhibition bout debuting at the Texas Roller Derby’s Carnival of Death. TRD’s new format utilizes two blockers instead of four and also adds a third team. DERBY page 5CAMPUSJFK assassination revisited 50 years laterBy Madlin Mekelburg@madlinbmekDebby Garcia / Daily Texan StaffSid Davis, Julian Reed, Ben Barnes and Larry Temple participate in a panel discussing the John F. Kennedy assassination at the LBJ Library on Tuesday evening. JFK page 2TECHNOLOGYSURE Walk app makes student safety easierSURE Walk will release an iPhone and Android application, developed by computer science students, in January. SURE Walk is a Student Government-sponsored or- ganization made up of stu- dent volunteers who escort students, faculty and staff across campus on week- nights. SURE Walk direc- tor Leigh Larson said hav- ing an app would provide students with easy access to important safety and contact information. “[The app] will automati- cally call or email SURE Walk or UTPD, as well as provide safety tips,” Larson said. “It also has a prescribed form on how to order a SURE Walk. It’s SURE Walk all-in-one instead of having to open Facebook and go to the page.” Larson said the app has been in development since July. She hopes it will help increase the number of stu- dents who use SURE Walk, which currently sees about three to five callers a night. “Over the summer, I was on my smart phone and [realized] I really want to incorporate an app for SURE Walk,” Larson said. “I wasn’t sure where to take it, so I just posted on the UT computer science Facebook wall.” Larson said she has been in close contact with UTPD, who assisted in providing content — in- cluding safety tips — for the app. “[The app] is not just about SURE Walk, it’s about safety in general,” Larson said. Comyar Zaheri, presi- dent of the mobile app de- velopment organization, said he is one of about six By Alyssa Mahoney@TheAlyssaMTexas Roller Derby’s Car- nival of Death is bringing harlequins, freak shows and a new way of playing to the Thunderdome. It’s going to be a wild time, featur- ing kid-friendly games and booths, a debut of 9-Skate, a mash-up exhibition and a midnight Secret Skate Theater performance. 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Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com. into fair consideration the minority students within the department. “I don’t think their intention was to offend anyone in the department with the decision,” Walker said. “I’m confused [by] their true intentions [of] providing this show to cater to the needs of people of color in the department because so many people [within the de- partment] were overlooked.” Lyn Koenning, music di- rector for “In the Heights,” said she advised against cast- ing only students within the department because not all of them fit the ethnic back- ground of the play’s characters. “The demographics of the students in my program [are not] the demographics of the characters in ‘In The Heights,’” Koenning said. “When the de- partment first discussed cast- ing roughly a year ago, I only had one person of color in my student program of five.” Andrew Carlson, clinical assistant professor for the de- partment of theatre and dance, said the forum was called in an attempt to do three things. “One was to listen to stu- dents,” Carlson said. “Two was to … make sure anything that was unclear about what hap- pened was resolved or was answered directly by the people involved in those deci- sions. And then third, to figure out how those experiences and questions can inform us as we make decisions about how we can improve as a the- ater department and best meet student needs.” Carlson said the intention to produce the musical was not to sell tickets, but to serve the needs of students. “We wanted to make sure that students [of color] had an experience of seeing them- selves on stage,” Carlson said. “That’s why it was brought for- ward and why it was selected.” The musical is set to pre- miere Aug. 19, 2014. MUSICALcontinues from page 1medical school,” Doolittle said. “Without it, the medi- cal school would not have been possible.” The forum addressed a broad spectrum of is- sues, including the medical school’s predicted signifi- cant contribution to inno- vation in the current health care system. Steven Leslie, former UT provost and special assistant to the president for medical education, said the health care system is one of the gaps in medicine that currently needs attention. “We are heading into new territory with the Afford- able Care Act,” Leslie said. “[Dell Medical School has] the economic efficiency and the excellence of our community base, so we can utilize that to shape health care policy.” UT students are among those involved in the plan- ning of Dell Medical School, according to Susan Cox, medical school steering committee member and in- terim associate dean of Dell Medical School. “We have students go to architectural planning meetings with their in- put, and there are students on all of the committees,” Cox said. The search for Dell’s founding dean began in April 2013, and the details of the position were released in June. The school is taking lo- cal doctors’ information for prospective faculty. The design development plans will go to the UT Sys- tem Board of Regents in February 2014 for approval. The medical school, the first to open at a Tier 1 university in nearly 40 years, will begin accepting applications in June 2015. The construction is expected to finish in early summer 2016. DELLcontinues from page 1JFKcontinues from page 1WALKcontinues from page 1Hall prepares to testify, wants subpoenaUT System Board of Re- gents member Wallace Hall’s attorney told state lawmak- ers that Hall is willing to answer questions at his next impeachment hearing, but wants to be subpoenaed to testify under oath. Members of the House Select Transparency in State Agency Operations Com- mittee said last week they want to hear from Hall, who has been accused of misusing his position to try to force out UT President Bill Powers. Hall’s attorney Allan Van Fleet sent a letter to com- mittee attorney Rusty Har- din that said Hall is ready to testify, and outlying the subpoena demand for the next hearings scheduled for Nov. 12-13. “He is ready to tell his side of the story,” Van Fleet said Tuesday. A subpoena could give Hall some legal protection if he’s asked to divulge con- fidential information. Powers is believed to have a slim majority of support on the board, and the power struggle has led prominent alumni to rally in his support. Last week, Powers was named chair- man of the Association of American Universities. The committee is inves- tigating several allegations against Hall, including whether he withheld infor- mation on his application for appointment, abused open records laws with re- quests for more than 800,000 pages of documents and released private student or employee information. The panel can also de- termine if Hall’s actions amounted to malfeasance or misuse of his office. If it rec- ommends impeachment, the matter goes to the full House and Hall could ultimately be removed from office. The committee issued sub- poenas to several witnesses last week, including two University administrators and former System General Counsel Barry Burgdorf. Burgdorf testified he believed Hall showed “a clear intent to get rid of Bill Powers.” Burgdorf said he could not answer some questions from lawmakers without violating attorney- client privilege because of his previous work for the UT System. Van Fleet said Hall raised important questions about political influence over uni- versity admissions, fund- raising and the law school loan program, and denies Hall released any legally protected information to the public. Van Fleet has com- plained that he’s not al- lowed to cross-examine wit- nesses and has questioned whether Hall can get an impartial hearing. —Associated Pressindividuals working on writing the app. “Writing apps like this is sort of common for any- one in computer science — we always work on our own tech projects outside [of class] anyway,” Zaheri said. “I figured, why not do something that peo- ple at our school want to use and would find help- ful, not just something for me?” Zaheri will attend Hack TX, an event in which at- tendees spend 24 straight hours creating a software project, on Nov. 15. Zaheri said he plans to spend most of the 24 hours working on the app. The app will be avail- able for free on iTunes and Google Play once it is complete. Spanish senior Megha Makanji said she can see the value of having a SURE Walk app. “I think about [my safe- ty] sometimes when I’m walking home,” Makanji said. “Having an applica- tion would be nice be- cause I would know exactly where to go if I needed to, rather than having to search online.” reason this change was made only days before the event was to give Jackie Ken- nedy more time to arrive at another reception. The speakers noted Texans were supportive and excited to see the Kennedys during the 1963 tour. “The crowd was cheerful,” said Sid Davis, a reporter at the parade. “There was no sign that there was going to be any problems.” Julian Read, who was the press secretary to Connally, said mobs lined the streets and school children were on their parents’ backs during the Dallas parade. After Kennedy’s assassina- tion, many Texans felt long- standing bitterness toward Texas, according to Temple. “There was a feeling of shame from a lot of people that this had happened in their own backyard,” Temple said. Reed said there was also a lot of bitterness felt by other Americans toward Texans. “[One] woman had to change [her] address from Dallas to Fort Worth because she lost so much business from people,” Read said. Davis was one of the three pool reporters on board Air Force One when Johnson was sworn into presidential office following Kennedy’s death. Davis said when he cov- ered Johnson’s swearing-in, Johnson’s solemnity and First Lady Jackie Kennedy’s courage stood out to him. Davis said Johnson sent word to the back of the airplane to ask Jackie Ken- nedy if she would like to stand next to Johnson as he was sworn into office. Al- though John F. 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Art Markman, a psy- chology and marketing administration professor, and music professor Bob Duke talked at a Views and Brews event about the different psychological manifestations of fear. “Fear is multidimen- sional,” Markman said. “Fear is an emotion we experience when there is something out there in the world that we want to avoid, and we are not being successful at avoiding it.” According to Mark- man, there are two dif- ferent types of prima- ry motivation systems that direct behavior. The first, an approach motivation system, in- volves actions sparked by positive feelings, such as the desire to see good friends. The second, an avoidance motivation sys- tem, involves actions taken to avoid undesirable possi- bilities. Markman said fear is a result of the avoidance motivation system. Markman said at some level, people know fearful situations are not real, but they can still experience fright just by thinking about imagined possibilities. “What makes fear re- ally interesting is that we fear truly dangerous things, but we are also able to think our way into fear,” Markman said. Duke said fear is an emotional stimulant, and sleep can weaken the connection between the memory and associated emotions, which can make remembering a frightening experience less traumatic, for example. “We take joy out of be- ing emotionally stimulated,” Duke said. “When we re- call a memory, we recon- solidate and re-establish the memory.” Duke said the way people deal with fear is, to some degree, an inherited trait. “There is a genetic pre- disposition related to fear,” Duke said. “A person early on will avoid situa- tions, and [their reaction to fear] becomes visible in their behavior.” Markman said children experience fear at night because it is dark, the world gets quiet and their imagination is allowed to run wild. “Children interpret things differently at night due to fear,” Markman said. “This is how the motivation systems work.” Markman talked about the Terror Management Theory, which offers an ex- planation for why humans fear their own deaths. The theory says people’s aware- ness of their mortality im- pacts them psychologically. “We make fun of death as an exposure therapy,” Mark- man said. “The Terror Man- agement Theory is how we deal with thoughts of our own mortality.” Rebecca Mclnory, execu- tive producer and KUT host of Views and Brews, was the host at the event and ques- tioned the professors about the aspects of fear. “People relate to fear dif- ferently across the board,” Mclnroy said. Markman and Duke are regularly featured on KUT’s “Two Guys on Your Head,” which airs weekly. Marshall Nolen / Daily Texan StaffProfessors Art Markman and Bob Duke speak at “Views and Brews” hosted by KUT at The Cactus Cafe Tuesday evening. The talk focused on the different psychological manifestations of fear and how people cope and react to the emotional experience. By Cinnamon Cornell@CinnamonCornellHall subpoenaPowers.” he some lawmakers attorney- of the raised about uni- fund- school denies legally to com- al- wit- questioned an PressCAMPUSInternational students carve first pumpkins Gabriella Belzer / Daily Texan StaffMariana Fernandez carves a jack-o-lantern at the Texas Union patio during a pumpkin carving event sponsored by PALS. International students craft- ed jack-o’-lanterns for the first time Tuesday at a pumpkin carving event put on by Part- nerships to Advance Language Study and Cultural Exchange. The student exchange program, sponsored by the University’s International Office, focuses on pairing international students with their English-speaking coun- terparts. The ultimate goal is to spark cross-cultural dia- logues and new friendships, according to Perla De La O, exchange coordinator and radio-television-film senior. De La O said she feels events such as the pumpkin carving expose students to light-hearted American tra- ditions and allow them to practice speaking English. She said the organization’s goal is to give students in the partnership a chance to share an experience and learn more about other cultures. “I think [pumpkin carving is] fun because a lot of people have never done it before — it’s just fun,” De La O said. “It’s messy, and it’s an Ameri- can tradition for Halloween, and so lots of these interna- tional students are doing it for the very first time, and they’re really enjoying it.” Many participants embraced the Halloween hocus-pocus, even going so far as to purchase their own tools, De La O said. Graduate students Yi-Wen Su and Ting-Heng Chou, who are both from Taiwan, worked together to carve their first pumpkin and enjoyed the ex- perience, Chou said. “We cut first and tried to figure out through the process how to carve it,” Chou said. Su said she finds owls adorable, so the two carved an owl into one side of the pumpkin. In keeping with American tradition, they worked to depict a classic jack-o’-lantern face on the other side. Other pumpkins at the event sported carvings of witches, spooky and funny faces and more Halloween- themed scenes. Su said she is now better prepared to carve pumpkins in the future and wants to make sure her next pumpkin is as pretty and magnificent as she envisions. “We spent too much time on [the owl side], and most people finished, and we want- ed to do something simple,” Su said. “We would like to do it again sometime … maybe tomorrow or next year.” blood legs her walked plane Da- not into any him,” the Network. By Wynne Davis@wynneellyn Statistically speaking, two out of every five college students have gone binge drinking at least once in the last two weeks. This figure, which comes from a 2011 U.S. News and World Report story, may be even higher at UT. And this year, once again, UT made the top 20 in the Princeton Review’s list of biggest party schools. Regardless of the numbers, if you’re among the proportion of students raising a few glasses too many this weekend, you probably won’t be thinking of the impact that moment may have on your future alcohol habits. But maybe you should. While many alumni claim to have given up their more irresponsible undergraduate pas- times after entering the workforce, some of the basic attitudes about alcohol never really go away. The question is whether the views we hold about alcohol in our life past college stem from our culture as a whole or from the culture we create around alcohol while in college. The Atlantic Magazine recently featured an article titled “Alcohol as Escape from Perfec- tionism,” by Ann Dowsett Johnston, a Cana- dian journalist and the author of “Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol.” In her article, Johnston discusses the growing phenomenon of alcohol dependence among working mothers as a seemingly in- nocent way to smooth the transition from the hectic workday to the busy evening at home. But what exactly does this have to do with UT students? The most notable statistic Johnston cites in her article is from a recent poll done by Net- mums, the biggest parenting website in the UK. The social networking site, which has more 1.6 million members, found that 81 per- cent of people who drank above the UK gov- ernment’s safe drinking guidelines said they did so “to wind down from a stressful day.” This statement may be an accurate characterization of our attitudes toward alcohol in the States as well. Binge drinking may stop after graduation, but the motivation behind our drinking habits seems to remain the same: We crave contrast between work and play. Recent government alumnus Mathew Smith said he has observed this in the working culture in Washington, D.C. Smith graduated in the spring and now works for the federal govern- ment. He said that people prone to drinking in college maintain those habits to some degree. Alcohol almost seems omnipresent in the professional atmosphere, both as a way to so- cialize and as a coping mechanism. Instead of binge drinking on the weekends, however, he said it is not unusual to know someone whose nightly routine involves cracking open a beer after work. Julia Chuang, a management information systems major who graduated from UT in May, said people seem to drink a lot less in one sit- ting than they did in college but in a more ca- sual manner that is perhaps just as widespread. Chuang, who now does data analytics for a large public accounting firm, noted that con- sumption habits also depend on the company drinking culture. “People have drinks with their meals, and as an observation, upper management — es- pecially females — like to drink a lot of wine,” Chuang said. “Happy hour is still a social thing, but in terms of drinking after work, it’s more of a stress reliever.” As Johnston stated in her Atlantic article, “A glass or two seem[s] innocent enough.” How- ever, with the increase in alcohol dependence among working moms and a 25-year high in U.S. drinking rates, according to a Gallup poll conducted in 2010, perhaps we should con- sider leaving the attitudes we develop toward alcohol during college behind after graduation. Almeda is a marketing senior from Seattle. 4A OPINIONLEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. 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EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. 4LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorialWednesday, October 30, 2013EDITORIALCOLUMNWest needs improved fertilizer storage methodsOld drinking habits die hardBy Rachel HuynhDaily Texan Columnist @raychillinnBy Amanda AlmedaDaily Texan Columnist @Amanda_AlmedaIt’s been just over six months since an explo- sion at a fertilizer plant in West wiped out much of the town. While massive rebuilding efforts have been undertaken, the town has a long way to go before it’s back to normal. Rebuilding is an important step, for both the economic and emotional well-being of West, but what can be done to prevent such a disaster from happening again? A team of federal investigators has been dispatched to West the study the causes of the April disas- ter and issue a list of recommendations by Friday, but its work was delayed for several weeks when the federal government shut- down forced the U.S. Chemical Safety Board to furlough 37 of its 41 employees. Luckily, they’re not the only ones looking for solutions. We’re glad to see others com- ing forward with ideas for how to keep com- munities like West safe. Some are obvious, while others aren’t, but they’re all worthy of serious consideration. One of the less obvious suggestions comes from David South, president of Monolithic, a company in the town of Italy, between Waco and Dallas. As NPR’s StateImpact reported Monday, South believes fertilizer plants should look at the shape of their storage containers. According to South, domes are the answer be- cause of the way they behave in explosions. “If it does get exploded, it’ll blow the top off and vent the pressure up instead of out to the side,” South told StateImpact. The idea that domes are especially stable structures has been given some legitimacy by the federal government. Recently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency began award- ing grants for the construction of hurricane- shelter domes. South’s idea sounds compelling, but it’s not the sort of thing that the average Joe could have come up with. Geometry aside, we were shocked to learn that highly flammable fertil- izers are still often stored in wooden struc- tures. According to a preliminary report on West by the CSB, “Wooden buildings are still the norm for the distribution of [ammonium nitrate] fertilizer across the U.S.” It shouldn’t take a team of specially-trained federal inves- tigators to tell you that it’s best to keep such volatile materials well away from anything that can burn. It’s painfully obvious, but many, in- cluding Sam Mannan, director of Texas A&M’s Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, have rightly pointed out that it might not be a bad idea to store flammable chemicals in con- crete buildings instead. We’re glad those outside the government are searching for answers to prevent another West from happening. This country needs solutions now, not later, so we should welcome ideas from all concerned parties. The deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, in which nearly 600 people were killed in an explosion similar to the one in West, took place in Texas City more than 60 years ago. Shouldn’t we have learned our les- son from that and the many other tragedies like it since then? Why do we keep making the same mistakes over and over again? It can’t be a problem of ignorance. We just simply can’t believe that the owners of the West plant had no idea how dangerous their storage methods were. Instead, it seems that they and others like them were more interested in sav- ing money than protecting lives. It’s a common thread throughout U.S. history, but it’s one that needs to be cut now. To do that, keep the ideas coming. Whether feasible or not, they’re our only hope if we wish to close this chapter in American history. COLUMNChoose a costume with cautionAs this newspaper reported yesterday, the Texas State Memorial Museum is set to lose the $400,000 in Univer- sity funding it receives from the College of Natural Sci- ences. That $400,000 constitutes two-thirds of the mu- seum’s budget, and without it, only three employees will be left at the museum: one that runs the gift shop, one that runs security and one whose job it is “to take care of everything else,” as Museum Director and integrative biology professor Edward Theriot told the Texan yesterday. We understand the need for cuts from the college, and we recognize that a museum built in honor of Texas’ centennial may not be the most up-to-date way to educate college students. But the museum provides an important resource for public schools across the city who have no other natural science museum to take their students to. We hope that the cuts, if nothing else, inspire a renewed interest in the museum and the many educational opportunities it provides for the community. But we’d prefer it if they renewed the commu- nity’s interest in funding the place. “I’m a mouse, duh.” Virtually every female college student can recognize this line from the movie “Mean Girls,” spoken by Amanda Seyfried’s character as she exasperatedly points to the mouse ears that, to- gether with skimpy lingerie, constitute her Hal- loween costume. Young women have recreated that outfit on countless Halloweens since then, along with a variety of sexualized costume ver- sions of nurses, French maids and even Big Bird (yes, as in the character from “Sesame Street”). Though squeezing into a revealing costume seems like a commonplace, trivial matter, it re- flects a larger issue that speaks volumes about the sexual climate on our campus and campuses across the country. Before continuing, I want to make a distinc- tion between “sexy” and “sexualized.” Sexiness refers to a subjective judgment of attractive- ness, and revealing ensembles aren’t necessarily “sexy.” But sexualized costumes, according to journalism professor Robert Jensen, “present women as objectified bodies for the pleasure of men. This idea extends across the [board], not just with Halloween costumes.” Sexualization, then, is about something be- ing sexual in nature, and near-nudity definitely qualifies as sexualized in our culture. Moreover, confusing these sexualized Hal- loween costumes with “sexy” Halloween cos- tumes narrows our conception of beauty, Jensen says. “To call [revealing costumes] sexy buys into the idea that [they make] women look beautiful.” It’s obvious that when female students choose to wear a low-cut, short-hemmed, sexualized ensemble, the intention is to be sexy. Thus, equating “sexy” and “sexualized” means restrict- ing beauty and attractiveness to the physical form. This prompts the question: Why do we, as young women, limit our own conception of beauty? One answer? The extensive influence of me- dia. The source of it is everywhere: the Internet, TV or tabloid stands in the checkout line. “The costumes tell you something about the increas- ingly pornographic nature of contemporary cul- ture,” Jensen said. Certainly, sex sells. Madonna embodied this in the ‘80s, and Miley Cyrus is attempting the same today. The problem with this common- place hypersexuality is that we still live in a deep- ly patriarchal culture. “That is the fundamental question,” Jensen said. “How do you resist the patriarchal culture?” That is a much larger problem that I believe can only truly be addressed through educa- tion. But one temporary and theoretical solu- tion could be that students boycott all social gatherings where women are expected to dress revealingly and men may act predatorily. You’re probably scoffing right now and thinking, “That will never happen at UT.” And you’re correct about that — at least for now — because there is currently no compelling feminist movement on campus shaping student ideology. But there are still conscious individual choices young female students can make this Halloween. Simply choose a costume based on your per- sonality and taste. Halloween isn’t about sexual- ity or modesty, anyway — don a costume that shows off your intelligence, humor and clever- ness. Don’t buy into the media’s glorification of hypersexuality. Or, you can just go ahead and sport that Spandex/choker/garter thing you had planned with your friends, and do so proudly. Wear what makes you happy, and know that you don’t deserve any kind of punishment for that. Last Halloween, I chose to don an elaborate Mulan costume with long sleeves, a sweeping hem and a full face of eerie white makeup and exaggerated black eyes. My reasoning wasn’t necessarily to cover up and avoid being objec- tified; it was simply what a Mulan costume en- tailed, and it plain old fun to dress up as a favor- ite childhood character. At the same time, however, I’d be lying to say I wasn’t conscious of the implications my costume choice might have. I’m aware of those implications whether it’s Oct. 31 or any other day of the year. As a young woman navigating the waters of an often overtly patriarchal cul- ture, I personally feel unsafe walking through West Campus alone at night, leaving a drink unattended and, yes, wearing notably reveal- ing clothing in party settings. These are just the bounds of my individual comfort zone, but the takeaway is to critically identify your own boundaries and to respect them, even if it is just a Halloween costume. Ultimately, the choice is yours. Base your de- cision on what makes you comfortable, what message you’re OK with sending and what al- lows you to explore yourself and form positive relationships. The key in all three choices is awareness. To blindly throw on mouse ears over lingerie would be to conform to unhealthy ideas about identity and sexuality, and that’s a cos- tume you can’t just take off. Huynh is a Plan II and business honors sopho- more from Laredo. HORNS DOWN: CAMPUS MUSEUM TO CLOSE ITS DOORSHORNS UP: LHN OFFERS MILITARY MEMBERS FREE SERVICEThe Longhorn Network has announced that it will offer itself for free to anyone on a laptop, tablet or smartphone connecting from a .mil domain. While we still wonder at the necessity of having a $300 million dollar, 20-year con- tract with a TV network devoted solely to already-well- televised UT Athletics, offering it for free to active-duty service members is a nice gesture of appreciation. 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Dyan Rice, better known in the dome as CheapSkate, was on the Hellcats and is the inventor of 9-Skate. Created as a practice drill, 9-Skate pits three teams of three against each other, rather than the standard two teams of five. In both formats, there is one jammer on each team who earns a point every time she laps an opponent. The job of the blockers is to stop the op- posing team’s jammer while helping their jammer through the pack of blockers. There are two blockers per team in 9-Skate, while typical derby bouts have four. Adding a third team and extending the jams to 90 seconds gives the players more options, letting members of opposing teams join forces or double-cross each other. “When I first started do- ing it, I just thought it was re- ally fun, because it’s confusing and hard,” CheapSkate said. “There’s some sabotage that can happen, which I really love, moments of sabotage and Benedict Arnold moments.” 9-Skate forces players to be adaptable and dynamic, able to change their plans quickly to get past the blockers from the other teams. In practice, it can seem anarchic and con- fusing, but it adds to the strat- egy that goes into roller derby. There is also a collaborative element to the creation of 9-Skate, as there is with most aspects of Texas Roller Derby. At a practice, nine members of various teams within the league work together to create a set of rules, doing practice jams to find what works best for the new format. Women who join the league as skaters often also take jobs with Texas Roller Derby. “It’s this very empowering thing where someone will come in and become a hu- man resource manager [for Texas Roller Derby], and they’ve never done it be- fore, but it’s something that will give them experience if they want to go out and open their own business,” Stranger said. “Our league, Texas Roller Derby, takes good women and makes them better.” The players also have a voice in discussions, such as rule changes or what the punishment for a penalty is. The actions that cause a penalty do not change, but the punishment does. In the regular season when a skater gets a penalty, a penalty mis- tress spins a wheel with vari- ous challenges on it, such as arm wrestling, tug-o-war or the two-lap duel. For the mash-up, the challenges are going to be switched out. “For our mash-ups, we try to find wacky versions of the penalties,” Bach said. “We’re not too sure of what yet, but it might include things like a small cardboard box and a skater trying to clown car it.” While it might bring to mind visions of violence, roll- er derby is an environment of acceptance, individuality, empowerment and — most importantly — fun. The phi- losophy is to fight hard, play hard and leave it on the track. “The cool thing is that there are so many differ- ent people who do derby,” Bach said. “We’ve got every type of career and person, so whenever you throw out an idea, you get all this great feedback. Sometimes it’s hard to pare down what you’re going to do. It’s rare in life to be working so closely with mostly women.” TXRD’S CARNIVAL OF DEATHWhen: 4 p.m. - 12 a.m. Where: The ThunderdomeHow much: $10 at the doorAustralia, England and France. Additionally, in the summer of 2009, Doyle and fellow artist Clint Wilson constructed their own screen printing studio that started in Doyle’s garage, and is now headquartered in a ware- house space off Manor and Airport Boulevard. “I first met Tim in 2011 after just moving to Austin,” artist Russ Moore said. “I was looking for someone to print my art, and a friend recom- mended Nakatomi. I was a fan of Tim’s work already, as I was a collector of screen prints. He can just as easily il- lustrate an entire comic book, paint a watercolor of Boba Fett or print a poster of a giant squid crushing a subway car.” Doyle is currently prepar- ing for an exhibit in Chicago that will showcase three of his pieces in December, and is also in the process of cre- ating a concept for a solo art show next year. He continues to have high hopes for the fu- ture of Nakatomi. “Everything’s moving re- ally well,” Doyle said. “I [hope for] more of the same, which sounds kind of anti-climactic. [I want to continue drawing] just whatever crazy, stupid stuff I want to draw and hopefully people will keep buying it.” Charlie Pearce / Daily Texan StaffElizabeth Jimenez, also known as Lizard, talks with a teammate before practice for the Texas Roller Derby’s new 9-Skate format. MultimediaGet a look at Tim Doyle’s workspace and creative process in the video at dailytexanonline.com 6 SPTSRELAXMASSAGE SERVICESutrecsports.orgRELAXATIONSTARTS HEREAustin native enjoying first season with HornsNearly 11 months after the clincher, the champion- ship rings finally arrived for the 2012 national volleyball champions Monday. But head coach Jerritt El- liott still hasn’t put his on. “It’s in my closet in a box,” Elliot said. Has he tried it on? “Not yet.” What is he waiting for? “I don’t know.” For the rest of the team, though, the wait couldn’t have ended soon enough, especially for senior setter Hannah Allison. “They are kind of huge,” Allison said with a grin. “They couldn’t be the same size as our Big 12 ring, so they had to go a notch up.” But things have changed since Texas celebrated in the confetti of triumph last win- ter. There was no doubt Al- lison was the starting setter of last year’s team. This year, that’s not the case. Freshman setter Chloe Collins has come in and out- played Allison. “Chloe is our starter,” El- liott said. “We go with who’s been doing well in the gym.” So, for the first time in her career, Allison is not the starter. As a freshman, she started 16 matches before an ankle injury in early October curtailed her season. As a sophomore, she started 28 of 30 matches. As a junior, she started 31 of 33. “It’s different,” Allison said. “But if we are winning, we are winning.” Time and time again, El- liott has proven he is not afraid to go with the freshman over the seasoned veteran. “Last year we won with freshmen Nicole Dalton, Mol- ly McCage and Kat Brooks,” Elliot said. “Sometimes you need to rely on the freshmen.” But the competition in the gym is improving both setters’ game. “We make each other bet- ter,” Allison said. “It’s not a negative competition. We have really different setting styles. I’ve learned stuff from her, and she’s learned stuff from me.” It’s that competition in the gym that has made Texas a Big 12 powerhouse. “It’s kind of crazy how competitive our gym can be,” Allison said. “Our B side continuously beats our A side. I don’t know what other team can say that.” Could the B team compete for a Big 12 title? “Definitely,” Allison said with a chuckle. They certainly would not have any trouble with TCU (13-9, 2-6 Big 12), who comes to Austin Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. But that doesn’t mean the Long- horns (15-2, 8-0 Big 12) can take the game for granted. “We work on getting bet- ter every day and finding something to improve on in every Big 12 game to get ready for the tournament,” Allison said. But when the starting line- ups are announced, it will be Collins throwing out the vol- leyball, not Allison. “I’m competitive enough that I care more about win- ning than how much I play,” Allison said. 6CHRIS HUMMER, SPORTS EDITOR / @texansportsWednesday, October 30, 2013FOOTBALLTexas’ run defense improvingFollowing a loss against Brigham Young Univer- sity in which they surren- dered 550 rushing yards and an average of 7.6 yards per carry, the Longhorns vowed they wouldn’t let an- other opponent ravage their run defense. “After that BYU game, we weren’t going to let that hap- pen again,” junior defensive end Cedric Reed said. “We left so much on the field. We just told ourselves we’re not going to let that happen no more, and ever since then it’s just been clicking for us slowly, but it’s kicked off dur- ing conference play.” The Longhorns’ defenders have backed that statement over their past five games, limiting opponents since then to an average of 152.6 rushing yards per game on 3.76 yards per carry. This impressive stretch coincides with the hiring of defensive coordinator Greg Robinson. Senior defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat believes Robinson’s ability to simplify the defense allows players to better suc- ceed in their assignments. “Everybody’s doing their responsibility,” Jeffcoat said. We’re making sure we’re in our gaps, making sure we’re not looking into the backfield when we don’t need to. We’re kind of playing our keys.” The Longhorns kicked off their turnaround against the run in their first conference game of the season, when they held Kansas State to 115 rushing yards and 3.0 yards per carry. Overall, Texas has limited its four Big 12 op- ponents this season to an average of 122.8 yards on the ground per game. Texas managed to ramp up its run defense even fur- ther in its last two games. The Longhorns held an Oklahoma team averaging 246 rushing yards entering the contest to just 130 yards on the ground, and they lim- ited TCU to 45 rushing yards on an average of just 1.9 yards per carry. Head coach Mack Brown believes Texas’ revamped run defense has been the key to the Longhorns’ turn- around on defense in the last two weeks because doing so has forced opponents into obvious passing situations. “You stop the run, and that’s when you get your turnovers on second-and- long or third-and-long,” Brown said. “The total dif- ference of what we’re seeing out of our front four now is that we’ve put the last two offenses in second-and-long and third-and-long and then you have the ability for Chris Whaley, Malcolm Brown and the two ends to get there.” Senior cornerback Car- rington Byndom seconded this, adding that being able to limit opposing run games is a step towards an early season objective. “I think we’ve made more of an emphasis on stopping the run,” Byn- dom said. “If you can stop the run, then you make teams one-dimensional. It’s been a goal for us since the season started.” By Peter Sblendorio@petersblendorioChelsea Purgahn / Daily Texan StaffJackson Jeffcoat and the rest of the Longhorn front seven have stepped up their run defense since the arrival of new defen- sive coordinator Greg Robinson. Since getting run over by BYU, the Texas defense has consistently improved each week. SIDELINELONGHORNS IN THE NBAMAGICPACERS Tuesday marked the end of the Alamo Invitational, where the Texas women’s golf team finished 14th out of 15 teams, with a total score of 893. The Longhorns struggled in the final round, despite sophomore Tezira Abe carding her best score of the tournament at one- under-par 71. Abe recorded five birdies for the round and recorded the only sub- par score for Texas during the tournament. Freshman Julia Beck, who had previously led Tex- as, dropped to 55th place on the leader board with a four-over-par 76 round three finish. Abe joined Beck at 55th, followed by junior Bertine Strauss who carded her best score of the tournament, a three- over-par 75 that tied her for 66th place. Oklahoma held on to first place with a total score of 840 and Louisiana State’s Lindsay Gahm took top individual honors. This tournament was the final event of the fall sea- son for Texas and the team will not compete again un- til Feb. 9 in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. WOMEN’S GOLF SHELBY HODGESRECAPNBANHLBULLSHEAT STARSCANADIENS Kevin Durant6 years in NBAAt Texas2006-2007 LaMarcusAldridge7 years in NBAAt Texas 2004-2006 Tristan Thompson2 years in NBAAt Texas 2010-2011 DJ Augustin5 years in NBAAt Texas 2006-2008 JordanHamilton2 years in NBAAt Texas 2009-2011VOLLEYBALLBy Evan Berkowitz@Evan_BerkowitzMark Judice is a rar- ity in Austin. He didn’t grow up throwing a foot- ball or bouncing a bas- ketball. Instead, he glided around on a rare surface in Texas — ice. Judice, a junior de- fenseman on the Texas Longhorn Ice Hockey team, is the only play- er from Austin on the Longhorns’ roster. Judice began playing hockey at age 5. His love for the game connects him to the close-knit com- munity hockey has be- come, even in the middle of Texas. “The older players gave me lessons,” said Judice, regarding the local skat- ing lessons he received growing up. Juidce still remem- bers the first stick and pair of skates he used, as if he had received them yesterday. “The first stick I got was wooden and cheap, but the first graphite stick I played with was an Easton Z Bub- ble,” Judice said. “Since I was 12 years old, I’ve worn the same skates, a pair of Bauer Vapor 19s.” His parents played a role in encouraging Ju- dice’s love for hockey, even in the hockey- starved state of Texas. They took him to prac- tices and games, fighting Austin traffic on the way to the rink. In that time, they too became part of the hockey community. Junior hockey in Austin does not exist without the players’ parents — who serve as coaches, doctors and snack providers for the teams and players. “I didn’t know that the parents played a huge role,” Judice said. “They were our coaches, trainers and managers, and they took us to weekend tournaments, practices and games.” Judice played junior hockey for the Austin Road Runners for 10 years, and then two years into his time at Texas, he decided to slip the skates back on and play the game he loves. It took a little pressure from a friend on the team, but Judice is happy with his decision. The club hockey team gives him the opportunity to become re-acclimated with the brotherhood hockey provides. His career in college hockey is off to a good start. Judice currently has six points in his first twelve games, and plays point on the team’s power play. His coaches are impressed with his performance, especially because it’s Judice’s first year of competitive hockey since juniors. “They said that I could really play hockey,” Judice said. “I’m very lucky to have made the club.” By Johnie Glasenapp@MrFreeze35CLUB HOCKEYCharlie Pearce / Daily Texan StaffAfter starting senior setter Hannah Allison in each of her first three years at Texas, head coach Jerritt Elliott has handed the starting reigns over to freshman Chloe Collins this season. Setter Allison adjusts to role as backup for No. 1 LonghornsWe make each other better. It’s not negative competition. We have different setting styles. —Hannah Allison, Senior setterJarrid Denman / Daily Texan StaffJunior Mark Judice is in his first year playing for Texas. He played junior hockey in Austin prior to joining the Horns. 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Doyle personally signs each piece and has created visuals for a variety of companies, including Disney’s Lost Poster project. By Hillary Hurst@hillary_hurst TV REVIEW | ‘WALKING DEAD’ Essential characters bring show to lifeTECHNOLOGYBy Wyatt Miller@DailyTexanArtsThe fences are falling, disease is spreading and the Governor’s wrath hangs like a shadow over Rick Grimes and his not-so-merry band of survivors in season four of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” Showing no signs of slowing down, the hit zombie drama continues its mean streak of solid, ac- tion-packed episodes. With so much zombie action on display, it can easily be as- sumed that Daryl Dixon and his trusty crossbow will be in the fray. Played by Norman Reedus, Dixon is “The Walking Dead’s” breakout character, becoming the hero that zombie fiction both deserves and needs. With his forever-sleeveless shirts and squinty steely- eyed gaze, Dixon is the go-to redneck for surviv- ing a zombie apocalypse. But behind this hardened survivor lies a heart of gold that makes this warrior of the field and stream so en- dearing. Plus he kills zom- bies with a crossbow. Reedus’ nuanced perfor- mance as Dixon has only improved with age. First appearing cold and distant, Dixon was quickly revealed to be a character with an un- canny sense of compassion and loyalty. His dedication to both his brother and his adopted family of survivors is a truly remarkable trait in a world rife with darkness. The surprisingly tragic death of his brother, Merle, in season three was a stand- out moment for Reedus, unleashing the younger Dixon’s built up emotions in a powerful display of grief. Since Merle’s depar- ture, Reedus infused Dixon with a newfound sense of independence and dedica- tion to his fellow survivors, no longer tied down by his compulsory allegiance to his brother. Despite Dixon’s ultimate success within the series, the writers may have backed themselves into a corner. This show thrives on the unpredictable lifespans of its characters, but at this point, to kill Dixon would be like killing the show. This is an unusual case be- cause Dixon’s arc is very appendicular to the story as a whole. At the same time, to take Dixon out of the show would be like tak- ing the island out of “Lost.” So what will the writers do to compensate for the fact that everyone but the red- neck, whose ammunition reload time is modest at best, is getting devoured by the undead? One answer would be to kill Grimes. While tak- ing its cues from Robert Kirkman’s comic series of the same name, the show is not a direct adaptation. Characters like Andrea and Sophia meet horrible ends in the TV series while their comic counterparts still live and breathe, but killing Grimes would be a twist of Ned Stark-ian pro- portions. Despite Dixon’s skyrocketing popularity, Grimes is the protagonist of the series. The show thrives on his journey and to take away that vital as- pect would be a thematic train wreck. People may watch the show for the zombie kills and the en- suing gore, but at heart, these would mean noth- ing without the loss of humanity that Grimes so perfectly exudes. Grimes and Dixon pres- ent this odd symbiosis be- tween thematic integrity and dedication to fandom and to take away either would ultimately be det- rimental to the series. The show needs Dixon for the sweet zombie kills, but it needs Grimes for everything else. Though Dixon’s lifespan may be impossibly limitless, the macabre minds behind the show will create fresh rea- sons for the character to continue breathing. “The Walking Dead” airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on AMC. Rumor suggests Google plans to reveal gadgetsBy Jeremy Hintz@Jeremy_HintzIllustration by Hannah Hadidi / Daily Texan StaffRumor Mill: Google re- portedly set to unveil Nex- us 5 and new smartwatchPhotos of the Nexus 5 were leaked almost a month ago when an employee in Google’s promo video for Android 4.4 Kit Kat was seen wielding the device. New reports say Google could unveil the premium smartphone sometime in the first week of November. Even more buzz is being generated by the possibility that Google could unveil its first smart- watch. Earlier this year, Google acquired WIMM Labs, one of the first smartwatch manufac- turers. The only other big name to unveil a smartwatch thus far is Samsung, who released Galaxy Gear in September. It has been received with mixed reviews as, many people were expecting more from the wear- able tech revolution. Google Now — which was long con- sidered to be Google’s answer for Apple’s Siri — looks like a perfect interface for a wearable device like a smartwatch, and Google is poised to make head- lines if it lives up to the high expectations. App of the Week: NotabilityNotability is a note-taking app for the iPhone and iPad developed by Ginger Labs. It allows users to handwrite notes and record lectures on their iPad. For students who lose their notebooks, the iCloud backup feature will come in handy. Notability makes up for the iPad’s lack of digitized stylus by allowing users to zoom in on parts of the page to write while still viewing the entire sheet. For students who find themselves buried in notes midway through the semes- ter, Notability could provide a more manageable interface to catalog their lectures. COMICS page 5Not every comic book fa- natic has the opportunity to turn a passion for super- heroes into a medium of expression. But Tim Doyle, local graphic artist and founder of Nakatomi, Inc., transformed his passion for comic books into a success- ful artistic career. “Comic books [are] a visual storytelling medium,” Doyle said. “You can’t do it in film, you can’t do it in a book. It’s like a synthesis of the two that I believe is actually a better way to tell a story. With a com- ic book, if you can draw it, that story’s happening. It’s one guy’s vision delivered completely to the audience without any edits or compromises. [My artistic style] is definitely influenced by comic books.” In 1999, after moving from Dallas to Austin, 22-year-old Doyle worked odd jobs to support himself while selling his art on the side. Whether he was waiting tables, work- ing as a cook at the Alamo Drafthouse or working at a comic book store, Doyle was determined to get some rec- ognition in Austin galleries. But he realized the gallery market did not align with his own personal values. “You had to make artwork to sell to people who could afford to drop $2,000 on a painting for it to make sense,” Doyle said. “Whereas if you do a print you can sell to anybody because it cost 30 or 40 bucks. I couldn’t relate to the people who could spend $2,000 on a painting, you know? I didn’t even know who these people were who were buying my work. I was not making it for them, I was making it for people like me.” Doyle’s work is not some- thing typically found in an art gallery. His pieces are heavily influenced by comic book art, and they mirror the colorfully detailed worlds of technology and sci-fi. “His comic stuff sets him apart,” fellow artist Jon Smith said. “Tim’s style is a mod- ernized, slightly stream- lined take on classic comic book illustration.” Doyle also ran Mondo, the Alamo Drafthouse’s col- lectible art shop, for four years. After realizing he “was working 60 hours a week making somebody else rich,” Doyle decided to launch his own printing company. Us- ing his business savvy from his years at Mondo, as well as his own artistic experiences, Doyle unveiled Nakatomi, Inc. in January 2009. “Sales go up every year,” Doyle said. “When I launched the company, everybody was like, ‘Oh, this is the worst recession, you shouldn’t go work for your- self.’ And I was dumb enough not to listen to them. It did really well the first year, and the next year it did even bet- ter, and the next year it did even better, and this year it’s poised to be even better than last year.” Nakatomi has blossomed into a retail site tailored to sell t-shirts, prints and silk screens designed by Doyle and other artists. A “multi-pronged beast,” the company has seen consid- erable success since its incep- tion, and now has collectors in Google Now — which was long considered to be Google’s answer for Apple’s Siri, looks like a perfect interface for a wearable device like a smartwatch — and Google is poised to make headlines if it lives up to the high expectations.